Aisling NI Dhiorbhain
Dr
Is iarmhúinteoir
lán-Ghaeilge í Aisling agus tá taithí leathan aici ar theagasc na Gaeilge
d’aoisghrúpaí éagsúla. Tá suim aici i ngach gné de theagasc na Gaeilge agus
teagasc trí Ghaeilge. Tá taighde déanta ag Aisling ar chur chuige ionduchtach
do theagasc na Gaeilge sna scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge. Dhírigh a taighde
dochtúireachta ar oideolaíochtaí um theagasc an léireolais do bhunmhúinteoirí
faoi oiliúint. Tá suim ar leith ag Aisling sa tumoideachas, san
ilteangachas, i dteagasc agus sealbhú an dara teanga agus i sealbhú mionteangacha
ach go háirithe. Tá réimse tionscadal maoinithe taighde curtha i gcrích aici. Is
ball í Aisling de Choiste Stiúrtha na Roinne Oideachais don Tionscadal ar an
bhFoghlaim Chomhtháite ?bhar agus Teangacha (FC?T).
Aisling Ní Dhiorbháin is a former Irish-medium primary teacher and she
has a wide range of experience of teaching Irish to various age groups. She is
interested in all aspects of teaching Irish and teaching through Irish. Aisling
has conducted research on an inductive approach to grammar teaching in
Irish-medium schools. Her doctoral research focused on pedagogies for teaching
explicit knowledge of Irish to student primary teachers. Aisling has a
particular interest in immersion education, plurilingualism, second language
teaching and learning and in minority language acquisition in particular. Aisling
has been principal investigator on several funded research projects. Aisling is
a member of Department of Education Steering Group for the Implementation of
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL).
Book Chapter
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A.; Ní Aogáin, S.; ? Duibhir, P. (2024) '‘I learned more than the children learned’. A dual-focused professional development initiative to support immersion teachers'. Teacher Development, 28 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A.; Nic Aindriú, S.; Connaughton-Crean, L.; ? Duibhir, P. (2024) 'It’s more the invisible benefits–multilingual parents’ experiences of immersion education and their reasons for choosing immersion'. Language and Education, 38 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2023 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A. (2023) 'A Sociocultural Rationale for an Explicit-Inductive Approach to Grammar Teaching in L2 Teacher Education'. Teaching Education, 34 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A.; ? Duibhir, P. (2022) 'Exploring student primary teachers’ linguistic knowledge of Irish'. Language Learning Journal, 50 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2022 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A. (2022) 'A sociocultural rationale for an explicit-inductive approach to grammar teaching in L2 teacher education'. Teaching Education, :1-16. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1080/10476210.2022.2118703 | |
| 2021 | Crossref (2021) 'Parents’ Experiences of a Language-Focused Home Visiting Scheme in Ireland'. Journal of Home Language Research, . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A. (2020) 'Múineadh ábhar tríd an tríú teanga i mbunscoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge: Teaching a subject through a third language in Irish-medium primary schools'. TEANGA, 27 :1-21. [Link] https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v27i.484 | |
| 2020 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A., Ní Aogáin, S., & ? Duibhir, P. (2020) 'Ag Treorú na Foghlama sa Ghaeloideachas'. Taighde agus Teagasc, 7 . | |
| 2019 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A. (2019) 'Exploring the potential of the European portfolio for student teachers of languages (EPOSTL) in initial primary teacher education'. Irish Educational Studies, :1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2019.1611466 | |
| 2018 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A. (2018) 'Tionchar an Teagaisc Fhollasaigh ar Ghnóthachtáil Mac Léinn ar Struchtúir ?agsúla sa Ghaeilge'. TEANGA, 25 :99-120. [Link] https://doi.org/10.35903/teanga.v25i0.55 | |
| 2018 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A., & Ní Bhaoill, M. (2018) 'Taithí Múinteoirí Faoi Oiliúint ar an bhFoghlaim Chomhtháite ?bhar agus Teangacha'. COMHARTaighde, 4 :1-13. [Link] http://dx.doi.org/10.18669/ct.2018.02 | |
| 2017 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A.; ? Duibhir, P. (2017) 'An explicit-inductive approach to grammar in Irish-medium immersion schools'. Language Awareness, 26 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2016 | ? Duibhir, P ; Ní Dhiorbháin, A; Cosgrove, J (2016) 'An inductive approach to grammar teaching in Grade 5 & 6 Irish immersion classes'. Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Education (JICB), 4 :33-58. [DOI] |
Other Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A. (2018) 'Oideolaíochtaí um Theagasc an Léireolais do Bhunmhúinteoirí Faoi Oiliúint' :63-86. [Link] |
Conference Contribution
Published Report
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ní Dhiorbháin, A., ? Duibhir, P., & ? Floinn, C. (2024) Comhairliúchán don pholasaí don oideachas lán-Ghaeilge lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht: Tuairisc ar dhlínsí comparáideacha. Department of Education (Ireland), . | |
| 2024 | ? Duibhir, P., Ní Dhiorbháin, A., ? Floinn, C., de Brún, J., Ní Ghealbháin, M. (2024) Comhairliúchán don pholasaí don oideachas lán-Ghaeilge lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht: Achoimre ar na moltaí don pholasaí. Department of Education (Ireland), . [Link] | |
| 2023 | Ní Dhiorbháin. A., Connaughton-Crean, L., & ? Duibhir, P (2023) Soláthar an Oideachais lán-Ghaeilge agus Ghaeltachta do Pháistí a Bhfuil Béarla mar Theanga Bhreise Acu. An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta, . [Link] | |
| 2022 | French, G., McKenna, G., Giblin, F., Concannon-Gibney, T., Farrell, T., Gillic, C., Halligan, C., Lake, G., Ní Dhiorbháin, A., Ní Láimhín, M. & O’Neill, S. (2022) Literature review to support the updating of Aistear’s themes of Well-being, Identity and Belonging, Communicating and Exploring and Thinking. NCCA, . [Link] | |
| 2022 | Concannon-Gibney, T., de Brún, J., Ní Dhiorbháin, A., Ní Láimhín, M., & ? Duibhir, P. (2022) Pedagogical strategies, approaches and methodologies to support literacy and digital literacy development for Gaeilge and EAL. Department of Education (Ireland), . [Link] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7881298 |
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Research Interests
Aisling is interested in the following research areas: Second Language Teaching and Learning, Minority Language Acquisition, Immersion Education, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), language teacher education and plurilingualism.